• Military policeman lives to serve others

    The desire to lead and help others has always come naturally to Sgt. Caleb Morrison, traffic collision investigator with the 545th Military Police Detachment on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.As a prior construction worker, Morrison maintained a seasonal work schedule, but needed a more stable job

  • Command Sergeant Major targets education

    The Soldier takes aim and aligns his iron sights with his target. All distractions are blurred as he examines his goal with the intensity of an individual determined to succeed. The crack of gunfire penetrates the empty firing range. He's rewarded with the thump of another hit. The next target is 50

  • Taking a breath after more than 50 years of service

    An alarm buzzes early in the morning, and a retired Air Force noncommissioned officer reaches over and turns it off; it is the beginning of one of his last days as an instructor for AFJROTC.After retiring from the Air Force in early 1990, retired Chief Master Sgt. Morris Pickel accepted a job to

  • Training in a combat zone

    Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Pentimone, like many of the military and civilian personnel assigned to the various forward operating bases in Afghanistan, kept his M9 Beretta strapped to his side and his armor within reach. The Taliban attacked randomly - sometimes during the day, sometimes at night -

  • JBER gathers at aviation event

    Planes, planes and, well, more planes.An F-22 Raptor and a C-17 Globemaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson join more than 200 other aircraft as part of this year's Great Alaska Aviation Gathering May 2-3 at the Ted Stevens International Airport."It's a great opportunity for us to kind of show

  • Times and faces may change, but the standards don't

    According to the Air Force Basic Military Training website, approximately 35,000 new enlisted Airmen come into the Air Force each year.They replace those who are retiring or separating, taking with them their skills and experience and leaving a void.The task of filling that void of professionalism

  • AFTER 25 YEARS, PARARESCUEMAN STILL FEELS A CALLING TO SERVE

    To look at him, you wouldn't know he was a decorated combat veteran or that he had just retired after serving 25 years of his military career in the rescue community.At a cursory observation, he could be anybody.Senior Master Sgt. Doug Widener, a pararescueman, or PJ, who retired from the 212th